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MOFTAK SOLUTIONS named as one of the FASTEST growing company of the region!! At 2nd Global Summit on Entrepreneurship in Istanbul

MOFTAK SOLUTIONS named as one of the FASTEST growing company of the region!! At 2nd Global Summit on Entrepreneurship in Istanbul held between 3 - 6 December 2011, Moftak Solutions officially named as one of the FASTTEST growing company of Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Pakistan.

AllWorld's Arabia 500 winners were announced at the summit,Entrepreneurship, values and Development: A Global Agenda, which was hosted by Turkish Prime Minister R. Tayyip Erdogan and keynote speech was delivered by United States Vice President Joseph Biden.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, in his message to Arabia 500 finalists said,"I would like to greet all the participants and express our pleasure in hosting the 2nd Global Entrepreneurship Summit and welcome you to our country and Istanbul. I would like to express my gratitude to my esteemed friend, Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States, and his colleagues for launching these Summits through his personal initiative and hosting the first Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington. I wish every success to the Summit and express my sincere regards". Vice President Joseph Biden highlighted how entrepreneurs are a driving force for job creation and economic growth, in his words, "Once, the wealth of a nation was primarily measured by the abundance of its natural resources, the expanse of its landmass, the size of its population and the power of its armies, but today, the true wealth of a nation is found in the creative minds of its people and their freedom and ability to bring those ideas to life and to develop not only new products, but the technologies that will create entirely new industries, entire new markets, entire new opportunities".

This initiative to empower and recognize the achievements wouldn't have been possible without the tireless efforts of AllWorld team and co-founders Deirdre Coyle, Anne Habiby and Professor Michael Porter from Harvard Business School. In their own words, "AllWorld ranks fast growing private companies and puts them on world map, drawing the market to them in new capital and opportunities.

The emerging world does not suffer from acapability deficit; it suffers from a visibility deficit. Without visibility, companies can't get to scale and countries can't prosper". We at MOFTAK SOLUTIONS, take a great pride in what we have accomplished since the inception of our company. Alhamdulillah by achieving this milestone which is in line with our CEO's vision, "We are following a path which we envisaged at the time of laying down a foundation of our company, it was based on one key factor; sustainable growth.

Therefore we are quite confident that based on past few years experiences we'll be able to achieve our goal to be a market leader", we are one step closer! Although, since the inception of Moftak Solutions we have witnessed several achievements; publishing our first mobile app on Android Market, Apple AppStore and Windows Mobile App Hub, achieving the status of ISO 9001:2008certified company, opening our offices in United Kingdom and United states,developing and successfully deploying a multimillion dollar generating E-Commerce websites, launching TV applications like Islam Box on Apple TV,Google TV, Roku Box and Boxee Box, and many more but getting short listed for Arabia 500 gave us real assurance that we are on right track, and forthat we really appreciate AllWorld team.

This would not have been possible without the hard work, dedication and consistency shown by each and every member of our team under the supervision of our COO. Therefore, we at Moftak Solutions kindly appreciate our consideration for this worthwhile endeavor.

Google Technology User Group Islamabad hosting an event on Google innovation and outreach in our region

Dear Colleagues,

A PSEB member company "Cogilent Solutions" is hosting its second Google Technology User Group event in Islamabad where Ahmad Hamzavi, Head of New Business Development, MENA & Central Asia @ Google and Tilek Mamutov, New Business Development Manager Central Asia and Central South Asia @Google will be giving talks on Innovation at Google and Google outreach in the region respectively. And there may be a few more surprises.

The event will provide excellent learning opportunities experience with IT industry leaders and peers from all over the region.

Event Time & Venue:

Friday 17th Feb, 2011 at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad Campus, Street # 09, Plot # 67 Sector H-8/4, Islamabad, Pakistan) From 4:00 pm to 6 pm.

PSEB member companies are permitted to walk-in without registration. (max two participants per company/firm). You should mention at the registration desk that you are from a PSEB member company.

Who Should Attend:

Organization heads, Technology teams, HR team, University students, etc.

This event will be live streamed at http://www.livestream.com/witribepk.

For more details, please visit  http://islamabad.gtugs.org/.

Regards,

Mr. Syed Ali Abbas Hasani
Director Operations and Admin
Pakistan Software Export Board (G) Ltd
2nd Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex
F-5/1, Agha Khan Road
Islamabad.
Ph: 051-9204074  Ext. 106
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Game Developers Conference, March 5 - 9, 2012, San Francisco, USA

Dear Colleagues,

PSEB is announcing a program to promote Pakistani content development companies at GDC (Game Developers Conference) and Expo in San Francisco; CA. PSEB will be sponsoring a delegation of Pakistani companies to this largest conference of its kind in the world. Each selected company will be provided with one lowest economy airfare to the event in addition to partial subsidy for participation fees.

In return for PSEB's substantial investment, PSEB expects that the companies would attempt to attain maximum benefit from the event by bringing business/foreign investment to Pakistan and project Pakistan's IT sector as a viable, cost effective, high quality destination for developing Gaming Products. PSEB is specially looking to sponsor companies that can clearly demonstrate their commitment to the delegation and promote a collective image building of this industry segment.

The Game Developers Conference/Expo (GDC) is the world's largest professional's only game industry event and has been held consistently every year for 24 years. The Game Developers Conference has come a long way in size and stature, emanating from an informal gathering of about 25 developers in the living room of a notable game designer 24 years ago, to a weeklong conference attended by over 18,000 well established industry insiders. The event addresses multiple platforms, such as dedicated gaming consoles, handheld devices, cell phones, online and of course computers. The GDC provides an excellent opportunity to interact with well-established industry veterans and network with prospective customers and companies.

The end goal is to provide the local gaming industry the necessary support in order to facilitate the industry to bring employment generation and foreign exchange earnings to Pakistan.

Interested member companies are hereby invited to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) along with the following:

• duly filled-in Application Form
• Company Profile
• Objectives Statement and associated Strategy to attain results from participation in the exhibition (See ToR for details).
• If participated last year details of contract signed or leads matured/benefits attained
• Signed Forms and Payment of Rs.5, 000 in the form of Demand Draft. The Demand Draft would be returned in case the company is not selected or if a company withdraws its EoI before intimation by PSEB on the selection status. The Demand Draft should be in the name of PSEB.

Application form and ToR's are available at:

http://www.pseb.org.pk/images/docs/Application_&_TORs_GDC_2012.doc

All documents must be received at PSEB Islamabad office before January 31st, 2012 at 3 pm. Companies are advised to find out the requirements for the US Visa and assemble the visa application requirements in advance so the applications for Visa can be filed right away. The selected companies will be notified no later than February 03, 2012.

Kindly contact the undersigned for any related queries.

Best Regards,

Sulman Hassan
Director International Marketing
Pakistan Software Export Board
Ministry of IT & Telecom
Government of Pakistan
2nd Floor Evacuee Trust Complex F-5,
Agha Khan Road, Islamabad.
Pakistan.
UAN +92-51-111-333-666 Ext 138
Direct # +92-51-9211124
Fax +92-51-9204075

TenPearls Launches Multi-Platform Mobile Apps for Dawn Media Group

Dawn Media Group engaged TenPearls to develop multi-platform Mobile Apps for its news website Dawn.com.

TenPearls, a global application development company, announced the successful delivery of mobile apps for Dawn.com on multiple platforms, including Apple iOS (iPad and iPhone), Android and Symbian (Nokia).

DAWN.COM is the #1 English News website from Pakistan averaging over 16 million page views a month, and 3.1 million unique visitors from around the world.

“We are very excited with the launch of multi-platform apps for Dawn.com as it allows us to reach our audience through the next generation of communication tools” said Musadiq Sanwal, Chief Editor of Dawn.com. “When we chose TenPearls, we were looking for a company that had strong development capability across all major mobile platforms and devices. We are very impressed with TenPearls' flexibility, and quality of development services, and look forward to working with them on other important initiatives in the future.”

“As a mobile application development company, we are very excited to have been chosen for this development effort,” said Zeeshan Aftab, co-founder and COO of TenPearls. “We continue to win opportunities globally in the mobile development space and continue to invest in new technologies to ensure that we are providing innovative mobile solutions to our customers”.

Some of the features of the App include:
-Breaking news alerts and instant event updates in real-time
-Multimedia gallery to visualize news stories
-Text-to-speech audio option to listen to the news on the go
-Social media integration to allow sharing with friends on Facebook, Twitter and via email
-Citizen Journalist module for readers to contribute news stories on a self-service basis
-User interaction and personalization: favorites, comments, bookmarks, category selections
-Integration with the Dawn,com Blog
-Monetization through advertising network integration

About Dawn
Dawn.com is a part of the Dawn Media Group and is one of the leading news and current affairs website covering news on Pakistan and the neighboring region. Originally established as the DAWN Group of Newspapers in 1947, The Dawn Media Group reflects the group’s transformation from a publisher of newspapers and magazines into a powerful multimedia group straddling print (with DAWN, Herald, Spider and Aurora), television (Dawn News), radio (CityFM89) and a website (Dawn.com). Dawn.com is the ultimate destination for readers searching for the most credible and authentic information from Pakistan, South Asia and around the world. The website carries the complete edition of the daily Dawn, along with hosting interactive blogs, features, multimedia and videos updated around the clock with the latest and breaking news in real time with exclusive in-depth coverage of big stories.

About TenPearls
TenPearls is an award-winning, global application development outsourcing company helping businesses build products. We have successfully delivered solutions spanning mobile, enterprise, web, and games. Our technical strength combined with our experience in usability, agile requirements gathering, iterative development process and commitment to innovation allows us to successfully partner with our customers. Our diverse clientele includes start-ups, small & medium sized companies and large corporations.

Contact Information:
Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL)
Shabbir Hussain: +92 -111-444-777

TENPEARLS
Sid Hansen: +1-703-234-5330
Zeeshan Aftab: +92-21-3432-8447
http://www.tenpearls.com

The Middle East CIO 50 Awards

It's time to honour the leaders

For the fourth time in the region, CPI is all set to raise the bar with the regional version of the well-known IDG's global CIO 100 Awards programme.

The Middle East CIO 50 Awards will celebrate the top 50 organisations (and the people within them) that are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimising business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers.

Perhaps you took a risk on an emerging technology, or deployed the tried and true in a new way. Maybe you built a better business process, or fostered closer collaboration. Or you found ways to get more from existing customers, to pursue new markets, to save money, to make more. Here's your chance to tell your peers about the technology innovations that have enabled or led the way to greater success for your organisation.

To know more, please visit the website:  www.cio50me.com